"I think free and charitable clinics are the most overlooked jewel of the US," says the clinic's CEO, nurse practitioner Angie Settle. Most legislation focuses on federally qualified health centres, Mrs Settle says, which receive federal funding to cater to lower-income and private patients alike.
A prominent doctor molested and sexually abused potentially thousands of his young patients while his research institute employer knew and did nothing, a bombshell lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court Wednesday charges. The civil suit, brought by a victim of the late doctor was filed against the Rockefeller University Hospital, which is described in the papers as a “world-renowned research institute.”
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar called for a review of the Indian Health Service following an investigation that revealed the agency’s mishandling of a pedophile doctor. The investigation, by The Wall Street Journal and the PBS series Frontline, detailed the career of Stanley Patrick Weber, a pediatrician who in 2018 was convicted of sexually assaulting Native American boys.
A $215 million legal settlement stemming from a class-action lawsuit against a University of Southern California gynecologist has been filed in federal court for approval. Dr. George Tyndall, a gynecologist at the school from 1989 to 2016, faced accusations from dozens of women that detailed sexual abuse and harassment spanning 30 years.
Quincy Medical Group says it is moving forward with its plans for a new surgery center after the health provider was approached with a new joint venture regarding the current facility from Blessing Health System. QMG proposed a new $19-million outpatient surgical center back in 2018. The proposal set the medical provider at odds with Blessing Health system.
A review by the Ohio Department of Health of records for 27 patients shows that in 24 cases a Mount Carmel West hospital doctor was able to access high doses of powerful pain medications by using overrides to get past warnings and, in most cases, pharmacist pre-approvals.